Léré

Cher · CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire · INSEE 18125

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Few services 35.8/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 47 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

Léré (INSEE 18125) is in Cher (18), part of CC Pays Fort Sancerrois Val de Loire. Population 1,110 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

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Vitality score

Vitality score 35.8/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 47 % of the 13,710 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.13	25	3.28
Social	0.59	20	11.7
Education	0.39	10	3.93
Health	0.2	10	1.97
Public & culture	0.2	5	0.98
Population trend	0.46	10	4.56
Housing mix	0.8	5	4.01

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 1 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 1 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (FOURNIL LEREEN). ^[3,4]

3 × Restaurant (L'ENTRACTE · LA GAIETE LEREENNE · LA FIESTA). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar (CAFE DU CANAL). ^[4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE CAMILLE BOISTARD). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy. ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA POSTE). ^[3]

1 × Gym / sports hall (GYMNASE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (LERE · CLCA DE LERE). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser (ART DU CHEVEU). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Pharmacy.

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	FOURNIL LEREEN	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	3	L'ENTRACTE · LA GAIETE LEREENNE · LA FIESTA	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 4 [3,4]
Café / bar	1	CAFE DU CANAL	INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE GROUPE CAMILLE BOISTARD	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA POSTE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	1	GYMNASE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	LERE · CLCA DE LERE	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1	ART DU CHEVEU	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 923 peak 1999: 1,296 2023: 1,110 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 1,156 (2012) → 1,110 (2023): -4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 1,161 (1990) → 1,110 (2023): -4.4 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 781, of which 9.9 % second homes and 19.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school Food shop — 4.0 km NWGP — 5.7 km SWPharmacy — 5.8 km SW Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Léré): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Belleville-sur-Loire): 4 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Savigny-en-Sancerre): 5.7 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (Savigny-en-Sancerre): 5.8 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Léré): 0.2 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 21.1

Days at or below 0 °C 60.1

Muggy days a summer 2

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 21 days a year at or above 30 °C and 60 days at or below 0 °C, over 27 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LERE weather station, 2.1 km away at 139 m; the village itself is at 146 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at LERE, 2.1 km away at 139 m, over 28 summers. ^[11]

An average of 723 mm of rain a year, spread over 117 days — about 6.2 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at LERE, 2.1 km away at 139 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18125/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18125/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18125/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 18125/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18125
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18026
INSEE BPE 2025 — 18246
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cézy	89	68 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Même-les-Carrières	16	307 km SW	1,023	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %
Marsais	17	304 km SW	981	55.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Cuts	60	230 km N	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Restigné	37	200 km W	1,139	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert	58	85 km S	1,073	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cézy	89	68 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert	58	85 km S	1,073	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Restigné	37	200 km W	1,139	39.2	Few services	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 92 % · winter 72 % · humidity 79 %
Cuts	60	230 km N	949	53.6	Partly served	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 72 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Marsais	17	304 km SW	981	55.3	Partly served	Similar summers, milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 82 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Même-les-Carrières	16	307 km SW	1,023	33.7	Few services	Warmer summers and milder winters.Summers feel more humid.summer 82 % · winter 73 % · humidity 71 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to Léré's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Cézy	89	68 km NE	1,070	34.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 92 % · humidity 100 %
Chantenay-Saint-Imbert	58	85 km S	1,073	34.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais	72	188 km NW	890	46	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 97 % · humidity 93 %
Molles	03	160 km S	904	46.9	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Augignac	24	267 km SW	820	43.1	Partly served	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 100 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Saint-Yan	71	147 km SE	1,113	31	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 92 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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